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Social Statistics for Livingston County, Illinois

Livingston county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

9,388

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

593

6.3

Kindergarten

557

5.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

4,692

50.0

High school (grades 9-12)

2,537

27.0

College or graduate school

1,009

10.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

26,496

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,803

6.8

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,003

15.1

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

10,927

41.2

Some college, no degree

5,029

19.0

Associate degree

1,384

5.2

Bachelor's degree

2,302

8.7

Graduate or professional degree

1,048

4.0

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.1

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.6

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

31,627

100.0

Never married

5,974

18.9

Now married, except separated

19,426

61.4

Separated

372

1.2

Widowed

2,198

6.9

Female

1,785

5.6

Divorced

3,657

11.6

Female

1,919

6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

472

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

344

72.9

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

29,759

100.0

Civilian veterans

3,687

12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

8,721

100.0

With a disability

659

7.6

Population 21 to 64 years

19,864

100.0

With a disability

3,204

16.1

Percent employed

59.7

(X)

No disability

16,660

83.9

Percent employed

82.8

(X)

Population 65 years and over

5,584

100.0

With a disability

2,004

35.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

37,361

100.0

Same house in 1995

22,439

60.1

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

14,834

39.7

Same county

7,442

19.9

Different county

7,392

19.8

Same state

5,798

15.5

Different state

1,594

4.3

Elsewhere in 1995

88

0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

39,678

100.0

Native

39,157

98.7

Born in United States

39,042

98.4

State of residence

33,219

83.7

Different state

5,823

14.7

Born outside United States

115

0.3

Foreign born

521

1.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

235

0.6

Naturalized citizen

251

0.6

Not a citizen

270

0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

521

100.0

Europe

154

29.6

Asia

99

19.0

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

4

0.8

Latin America

236

45.3

Northern America

28

5.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

37,361

100.0

English only

36,030

96.4

Language other than English

1,331

3.6

Speak English less than 'very well

416

1.1

Spanish

883

2.4

Speak English less than "very well"

282

0.8

Other Indo-European languages

323

0.9

Speak English less than "very well"

94

0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

75

0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

23

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

39,678

100.0

Total ancestries reported

38,348

96.6

Arab

56

0.1

Czech1

258

0.7

Danish

665

1.7

Dutch

749

1.9

English

3,385

8.5

French (except Basque)1

1,093

2.8

French Canadian1

106

0.3

German

12,819

32.3

Greek

39

0.1

Hungarian

113

0.3

Irish1

5,662

14.3

Italian

1,185

3.0

Lithuanian

112

0.3

Norwegian

1,033

2.6

Polish

817

2.1

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

46

0.1

Scotch-Irish

523

1.3

Scottish

556

1.4

Slovak

419

1.1

Subsaharan African

22

0.1

Swedish

760

1.9

Swiss

594

1.5

Ukrainian

29

0.1

United States or American

4,254

10.7

Welsh

182

0.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

5

0.0

Other ancestries

2,866

7.2

(X) Not applicable.1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.